IMH Mentor - Policy Flashcards
What does the ZERO TO THREE Policy Center Promote?
good health, strong families, and positive early learning experiences for all infants and toddlers, with special emphasis on those who are the most vulnerable and in need.
What are the three policy areas under the Zero to 3 policy agenda of Good Health?
Physical Health, Social Emotional Health and Developmental Screening
What are the five policy areas under the Zero to 3 policy agenda of Strong Families?
Paid Family Leave, Home Visiting, Family Support, Basic Needs and Child Welfare
What are the three policy areas under the Zero to 3 policy agenda of Positive Early Learning Experiences?
Early Intervention, Child Care, Early Headstart
What are some topic areas Zero to 3 offers policy guidance on for Physical Health?
Vaccination, nutrition and obesity prevention, and health insurance coverage
in 2010, approximately what % of children under the age of 6 were uninsured.
9%
A. In the last 50 years, the number of visits to emergency rooms has increased more than what % in the United States.
B. What demographic represents the largest proportion of medical and injury-related emergency room visits in the country.
600%
Children under the age of 3
31.7% of children between the ages of 2 and 19 are what?
Overweight or obese
More than half of all obese children are overweight by what age?
Age 2
What are the 7 policy recommendations promoted by Zero to 3 related to Physical Health?
- Ensure that every child has a medical home.
- Adequate Medicaid and CHIP coverage for all infants and toddlers, and efforts should be made to ensure that available coverage is utilized.
- Improve access to prenatal care for all pregnant women.
- Focus on parents’ health, as well as children’s health.
- Allow adequate reimbursement for child development services and quality of care in pediatric visits.
- Expand access to health consultation in comprehensive early childhood programs.
- Increase federal and state investments in children’s nutrition and physical activity programs.
What is the central focus for Zero to 3’s policy guidance around Social and Emotional Health?
Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health
In the brief called “Helping Young Children Succeed
Strategies to Promote Early Childhood Social and Emotional Development” what are the organizing Policy Recommendations.
Promotion, prevention and treatment
Where are Zero to 3’s policy guidance around Developmental Screening primarily focused?
welfare, early chilhood, medical home
Approximately one of every seven children in the United States faces a developmental disability or a disabling behavioral problem before age 18. What % of these children are identified before they start school?
Yet fewer than 50%
T / F Uninsured children are less likely to receive developmental screenings and preventive health care than children enrolled in public insurance programs such as Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP).
True
